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Does anyone remember the first Larry Graham backlash? I'm sure all of us on this board are aware of the second Larry Graham backlash but does anyone remember the first?
The first time I had ever heard of Larry Graham was in 1980. He was doing slow jams like "Just Be My Lady", "One In A Million", and "When We Get Married". He did an occassional uptempo jam like "Sooner Or Later" but the most well known songs of this era were the slow ones. I remember hearing "The Jam" on the radio all throughout the 1980s but never dreamed Larry Graham had anything to do with it because I had always considered him kind of a balladeer. In the early 1980s, I remember reading in the "Right On" magazines about fans of Graham Central Station being pissed as hell because Larry wasn't doing the same type of stuff solo as he had been dong when he was with a group. I never really paid much attention to it though until I saw him hanging with Prince in the late 1990s and decided to check out the 1970s stuff. The magazines back in the day were right, it was a complete style change because the group had much more harder stuff than Larry's solo stuff. Maybe that's why Prince can relate to Larry so much because he went through a similar backlash himself in 1985 with "Around The World In A Day". . . [Edited 5/3/06 7:51am] Andy is a four letter word. | |
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well the public feels an artist should stay with one signature sound, because the public's ears become complacent to that one sound and dont like when they hear something new, what they dont understand is that us a musicians we are always looking for new sounds and use them to our advantage to create something from what we hear. | |
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vainandy said: I'm sure all of us on this board are aware of the second Larry Graham backlash but does anyone remember the first?
The first time I had ever heard of Larry Graham was in 1980. He was doing slow jams like "Just Be My Lady", "One In A Million", and "When We Get Married". He did an occassional uptempo jam like "Sooner Or Later" but the most well known songs of this era were the slow ones. I remember hearing "The Jam" on the radio all throughout the 1980s but never dreamed Larry Graham had anything to do with it because I had always considered him kind of a balladeer. In the early 1980s, I remember reading in the "Right On" magazines about fans of Graham Central Station being pissed as hell because Larry wasn't doing the same type of stuff solo as he had been dong when he was with a group. I never really paid much attention to it though until I saw him hanging with Prince in the late 1990s and decided to check out the 1970s stuff. The magazines back in the day were right, it was a complete style change because the group had much more harder stuff than Larry's solo stuff. Maybe that's why Prince can relate to Larry so much because he went through a similar backlash himself in 1985 with "Around The World In A Day". . . [Edited 5/3/06 7:51am] Now ATWIAD is classic. Different But classic | |
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When is punk ass showed up trying to "teach" Prince anything about the Creator. | |
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vainandy said: I'm sure all of us on this board are aware of the second Larry Graham backlash but does anyone remember the first?
The first time I had ever heard of Larry Graham was in 1980. He was doing slow jams like "Just Be My Lady", "One In A Million", and "When We Get Married". He did an occassional uptempo jam like "Sooner Or Later" but the most well known songs of this era were the slow ones. I remember hearing "The Jam" on the radio all throughout the 1980s but never dreamed Larry Graham had anything to do with it because I had always considered him kind of a balladeer. In the early 1980s, I remember reading in the "Right On" magazines about fans of Graham Central Station being pissed as hell because Larry wasn't doing the same type of stuff solo as he had been dong when he was with a group. I never really paid much attention to it though until I saw him hanging with Prince in the late 1990s and decided to check out the 1970s stuff. The magazines back in the day were right, it was a complete style change because the group had much more harder stuff than Larry's solo stuff. Maybe that's why Prince can relate to Larry so much because he went through a similar backlash himself in 1985 with "Around The World In A Day". . . [Edited 5/3/06 7:51am] Maybe Larry was trying to grow up/mature more. Maybe watching Sly Stone losing his mind over the years was Larry's own personal wake up. 
And BTW, I don't really think the "backlashes" of Larry & Prince is a fair comparsion. Larry was NEVER spellbound with an international pop audience like Prince used to be. | |
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And BTW, I don't really think the "backlashes" of Larry & Prince is a fair comparsion. Larry was NEVER spellbound with an international pop audience like Prince used to be. No, Larry's was nowhere near on the level as Prince's. I just remember reading a few articles every now and then in "Right On" magazine in the early 1980s when they would do a story on Larry's current work at the time. They always gave him great reviews but I just remember them mentioning GCS fans being pissed. I remember one their descriptions of the GCS fans jokingly saying "Larry committed the ultimate sin...he gave up funk for ballads".  Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Never knew about the early backlash. I was too young to buy records then but my sisters had Graham Central Station & the solo album, I never knew there was drama...   I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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I don't remember the backlash per se, but I do remember him as a balladeer.
And for the record, no matter what you think of Larry now, his stuff with Graham Central Station is the shit you need to hear. Fantasy is reality in the world today. But I'll keep hangin in there, that is the only way. | |
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Bfunkthe1 said: I don't remember the backlash per se, but I do remember him as a balladeer.
And for the record, no matter what you think of Larry now, his stuff with Graham Central Station is the shit you need to hear. I always liked his 1980s stuff. When I went back and checked out the GCS stuff from the 1970s, I thought it was great. "Foxy Lady" is my favorite. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: I always liked his 1980s stuff. When I went back and checked out the GCS stuff from the 1970s, I thought it was great. "Foxy Lady" is my favorite. I like Hair a lot but Earthquake is at my top for GCS stuff. Fun as hell to play on bass as well. Fantasy is reality in the world today. But I'll keep hangin in there, that is the only way. | |
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vainandy said: I'm sure all of us on this board are aware of the second Larry Graham backlash but does anyone remember the first?
IMO, the "second Larry Graham backlash" is made from the vacuous kind of stuff that makes your armchair conspiracy theorist's mouth water. 
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